Arsene Wenger has revealed that he sees Calum Chambers eventually fulfilling a midfield role for Arsenal after his outing at the Emirates Cup.

The new £12million signing from Southampton lined up alongside Laurent Koscielny in central defence for the 1-0 reverse against Monaco, as is likely to feature again in the Community Shield versus Manchester City next Sunday in the absence of Per Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen.

However, Wenger made it clear that he sees a more advanced future for the highly-rated 19-year-old.

‘He can play as well central midfield because he’s got good technique, good mobility and is a great distance runner,’ said the Frenchman.

‘He was educated as a centre defensive midfielder. Then he played in the under-19 with England, he played central defender, he played for Southampton right back. I saw him first time against us as a right back and I liked him.

‘At the end of the season he didn’t play too much at Southampton. But I made my mind up to buy him after I saw him against us.

‘He’s one of the players over the two games who played very well.

‘He’s 19 years old and he came here without talking, he plays two good games and is not phased by the quality of the games and the opponents at his first time at the Emirates at 19. He’s one of the satisfactions of the weekend.’